Extended bath cabinet



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'Patente d Apr. 9, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. KRUSE, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BATH CABINET.

Application filed March-27, 1928. Serial No. 265,143.

This invention relates to bath cabinets of that variety adapted to receive the body pref erably in a reclining position,and one feature of the invention is the provision of means for heating the interior of the cabinet in a va porous manner as desired.

A further feature is the provision of means for distributing the vaporous heat throughout the cabinet or for localizing the same. 7

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for regulating the admission of the vaporized medium tothe different parts of the cabinet.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for conveying medicating substances through the cabinet with the vaporous substances. p

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means exteriorly of the cabinet proper, for enclosing the head of the patient.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for supporting the head of the patient at different heights. v

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings which are made apart of this application, i

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cabinet with parts brokenaway.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan View with parts removed.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the cabinet.

Figure 1 is a similarview of the opposite end thereof, with parts in section; and Fig. 5 is a detail view. 7 Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding carts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates the body portion of the cabinet, which is preferably divided into a stationary lower section Qand a hinged upper section 3, the latter being secured to the former by means of hinges 1, so that the cabinet may be opened forithe admission of the human body 5. I

Thebody portion 1 is conveniently formed of wood, except the bottom wall 6 of the stationary section 2 and the dome like covering 7 of the hinging section 3, and the entire structure is supported by means ofclegs 8, or in any other suitable manner.

At one endof the cabinet is formed a head receiving compartment 9, having a hinged section 10 at its upper portion, said hinged section having a covering 11 of any suitable pliable material through which is preferably formed a substantially tri-angular face fitting opening 12, through which the nose, mouth and eyes of the patient may be exposed to the outer atmosphere, the covering 11 being so arranged that it will depend a distance into the compartment and rest against the face of the patient when the head is in a lowered as well as an elevated position. The end of the cabinet through which the head and neck of the patient protrudes is necessarily open, and in the event the hinged section 10 is left in an elevated position, any suitable covering such as a curtain or towel as indicated by dotted lines A in Fig. 1 may be temporarily disposed over the open end of the cabinet and about the patient to retain the vaporized material within the cabinet. The compartment 9 is provided with a head rest 13 one edge of which is secured to parts of the cabinet by means of hinges 14, while the opposite edge thereof is supported on eccentrically mounted adjusting blocks 15, carried on a shaft 16, extending through the compartment 9. One end of the shaft 16 projects a distance through one wall of the compartment and is provided with a handle member 17, so that the shaft may be rotated for adjusting the level of the head rest 13, thereby raising or lowering the position of the head within the compartment, without otherwise disturbing the patient- The body of the patient, when entered in the cabinet, rests upon a platform 18 preferably formed of a plurality of spaced slats, which are preferably arranged in the arc of a circle, as indicated in Fig. 4, to more readily conform to the body of the patient, said platform being suspended'in any suitable manner.

Below the platform 18 and above the bottom wallG is a partition 19 which extends substantially the full width and length of the cabinet and also thru the compartment 9 for forming a chamber 20 in the lower portion of the cabinet and compartment. Said partition has a series of perforations 21. 'Slidably mounted beneath the partition 19 and in line with the series of perforations 21, are slide bars 22 which have a plurality of ports 23 therethru, adapted to be moved into or out of registration with the perforations 21, so

that the supply of vapor admitted to the cabinet may be controlled in different parts of same. I

Mounted in juxtaposition to the cabinet 1,

7 preferably adjacent one end thereof, is a heating element 2%, preferably having two separated compartments and 26 in which are to be entered pans 27 and '28, or the like, said ans preferably containing any suitable va-r per forming medicated substance, properties from which will be thrown off when heated.

Extending'from the top portion of the compartment 25 18 a pipe 29, which passes thru the w-allof the cabinet and into the chamber 20 while extending from the compartment 26 is a similar pipe 30, which also [)IOjGCtS thru the wall of the cabinet'and into a heating drum Con'nnunicatmg with the drum 31 1s a pipe 32 which extends to the: end of the cabinet ',l13.V1I1g the compartment 9 thereon and part 7 way thru same. Said pipe has a port opening 33 which is controlled by means of a sliding valve member 34:, having openings 35'for co:

operationwith saidportopening and the outer wend of'the pipe. "Positioned above and 7 preferably over the drum 31'and the end of pipe 29'is a reservoir 36 into which medicinal properties areto be'placed, when desired, so

that the contents of the reservoir may be heatf V edwithout coming in direct contact with the 7 heat passing thru the pipe,when the heatin compartment 25 is not used to fe'edpipe 29.- 1 Thecabinet 1 maybe drained of any condensate in any suitable manner, due to the slightly inclining of the bottom wall 6 toward theldrainopening 37 which is located at the lowest point therein.

'In applying the device use, the interior of the cabinet is heated to the proper degree through the-.medium of the heating element Q4, andif desired any suitable substance hav: ingremedial or medicinal qualities may be placed in one or both'ofthe pans 27 and 28 and in thereservo1r36, or oneingredient may be placed in one pan, another in the oth-er'pan and a still dlffere'nt ingredient in the resery vo1r,as occasion mayrequire for different.

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The heat or vapor may be diffused evenly throughout the extent of the cabinet or concentrated at one or moreparticular point along the body of the patient through the mediumof the slide bars 22, and the slide valve [The heat through the pipe 32'is controlled and admitted directly'into or cut off from the cabinet and-compartment- 9, by means of the valve member 34, asby moving the valve longitudinally in the pipe 32, the ports 33 may be partially orfully opened', or entirely shut off, by rotating said valve member.

As before mentioned, the" platform 18 is constructed of spaced slats,said slats resting upon the joints 38 which are attached tothe two walls of the stationary section 1 of the cabinet proper. The central slat 39 as shown in Figures 1 and 5 is shorter than the remainder of the slats 40 indicated in Figures 1, 2 and 5. f The short slat 39 is placed at thefoot end of the cabinet leaving a vacancy under a medial line of patients torso, thru which vapor discharged under the'platform 18 will rise morerapidly and freely than thru any other part of said platform. Said vacancy will also serve as a clearance for the protruding spinalbones of the patient, and add to his comfort. A hole l1 is convenientlyprovided inslat 39, thru which a'funnel/lQ is inserted when supplying .the're'servoir 36 with vaporous material. i

The slides '22 extend thr u the walls 7 of the cabinet sectionl and are thus, adapted to manual manipulation from without the cabinet. Graduations 43 are provided on the protrusions of said slides and indicates the position of the ports 23 in relation to the perforations '21 The slide valve member 3-l also extends thru a wall of compartment 9 and is provided with graduationsfe l to indi-' cate the position of same. 7 r p e In. addition to the perforations 21, the partition 19 is also providedwith comparatively small and intermediately spaced perforations 45 thru which a somewhat constant amount of vaporis admitted to the cabinet to assure the patientof' sutiicient degree of warmth at all times, to assure comfort.

The reservoir 36' is conveniently supported by legs 46 which rest upon the bottom wall 6. The pans 27 and 28are of drawer type,'and are disposed over independently operated burners 47 and 48, respectively,-by which arrangement either or both of said burners may be used as desired In operating the apparatus under what might be considered average conditions, a camphor mixture may be supplied in the pan 28from'which vapor. will bedirected thru thedruin and pipe 32 to the compartment 9, at the same time an entirely diiferent mixture, for example a combination with eucalyptol may be placed in the pan 27 and a sulphur solution in the reservoir 36, by which arrangement the vapor from thethree dis-' tinct sources may be intermingled although the unvaporized substances could notbe satisfactorily united and vaporized together Qne oftheadvanta'ges of these features resides in the fact that'while'for' example,.the

sulphur vapor may be offensive to the sense ef m n, this odor is displaced by a camphor vapor in the compartment. 9,,which is more agreeable and beneficialto the patients nostrils Q It is understood that liotair may be supplied from either or both of the heating compartments 25f or 26 by using either or both of the pans '27or 28, empty, as desired under 'whiclrconditions is desirable to pull the ice tails, without departing from the scope of the appended claims, it being understood that the invention is not restricted to the particular examples herein described.

I claim: a

1. In a bath cabinet, a compartment for receiving the body of a patient, a compartment for receiving the head of the patient, a head rest hingedly mounted within said latter compartment, a shaft extending trans versely through said head receiving compartment beneath the head rest, a rectangular block eccentrically mounted on said shaft for adjusting the elevation of the head rest, when the shaft is rotated, and means exteriorly of said head receiving compartment for rotating said shaft.

2. In a bath cabinet, a heating element, pipes for conveying the heat into the cabinet, a heating drum associated with one of said pipes, and a tubular valve slidable and rotatable in the latter pipe member for control- I ling the discharge of heat therefrom, said latter pipe having a port opening substantially in that part of the pipe beneath the torso of the patient and a pair of openings in said valve one of which is adapted to cooperate with the port in said pipe and the other with the end of the pipe, whereby the admission of heat or the like may be made directly below the head or torso of the patient as desired.

3. In a bath cabinet, a heating element having separated compartments, means for introducing elements to be heated into said compartments, a partition above the floor of said cabinet forming a compartment, means for regulating the escape of heat from the compartment formed between said'partition and floor, pipes entering the compartment between said partition and floor for convey ing the heat into said cabinet, a heating drum intersecting one of said pipes, and a medicine receiving reservoir positioned over said drum and the open end of the other heat conveying pipe.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on this the 20th day of March, 1928,

JOHN F. KRUSE. 

